Chuck McKibben

McKibben is a published author of a book entitled "Mel Blanc, the Voice of Bugs Bunny…and Me: Inside the Studio with Hollywood’s Man of 1,000 Voices." Published as a Kindle e-book and audio book on Amazon in 2017, it is also available in print at www.thebookpatch.com (by searching for Mel Blanc). The book is a memoir of McKibben’s working with Mel Blanc. Mel’s son, Noel Blanc, contributed substantial commentary to it. McKibben has been interviewed twice on video about his career, first in 2011, then 2018. The videos can be viewed by typing his name as a search on YouTube.

Although he continues to record commercials and narration for clients as far away as Abu Dhabi, since January 2007 (when he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Chuck McKibben has concentrated on producing and narrating audiobooks distributed on Amazon.com, Audible.com and iTunes, and on teaching.

In the late 1980s McKibben was chosen to launch the "My First Sony" line of children's electronics as the sole national TV spokesperson, and through the 90's, he was a daily "presence" for New York viewers as the senior promo announcer for Time Warner Cable of New York City. Crain's New York Business magazine employed him as a radio spokesperson, starting with the publication's inception, for over 100 weekly commercials. McKibben's longest association as a TV spokesman for any advertiser was his 15-year run with Lexus of Smithtown (Long Island), completed just prior to his leaving New York.

McKibben's experience in Los Angeles was followed by a 30-year career (1976–2006) in New York City as the writer, producer, director and frequent "voice" of numerous radio and TV ads. Among his top producing credits were commercials that he created for the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Cadillac Dealer Association, filmed on New York's largest motion picture stages at both the Silvercup and Kauffman-Astoria studios. Although he worked primarily as the broadcast production director for two advertising agencies and received numerous industry awards for his creative efforts, he also enjoyed considerable acceptance as a freelance voice artist in the New York market and nationally.

McKibben graduated in 1966 from Belmont High School, Dayton, Ohio. He also attended the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music, Broadcasting Division.

Charles "Chuck" McKibben (born February 1947 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American voice actor, broadcast producer/director, voice-over coach, audiobook narrator and author. McKibben uses the proper name of "Charles" for his more serious readings.